The three things you need to know today in New York: Tue May 22

1. Food festival Dine Around Downtown is happening today. Featuring restaurants including Brushstroke and Blue Ribbon Bakery, the festival's highlight is sure to be Danny Meyer’s new spot Manhatta. 

2. Yum’s the Word at Le Poisson Rouge is a birthday party with storyteller Robin Gelfenbien. There will be cake served, of course. 

3. Head to the New York Public Library’s Stephen A. Schwarzman Building for a free poetry reading. You’ll be able to hear several of Lou Reed’s newly published Early Poems. 

For more events, check in with Time Out throughout the day.